Have you ever wished someone would get cancer after reading their Xmas letter?

[hemihead]

 I just love how people get into the "Christmas Spirit" this time of year with being kind, and love thy neighbor and all that, then a week after it's back to the same old greed and out for themselves,screw thy neighbor mentality.You see the attitude change even on the board.

[bull]

Hi Curtis,

I see you got my Christmas letter.

3X

No I didn't.

Christmas/New Year's is generally a time when people focus on the positive. Sure, there were probably some bad things that happened during the year but you have all year to complain about those. No one wants to get letters from people explaining every bad thing that happened all year. If you're close then you probably heard all the bad things as they happened anyway since people are usually too focused on the negative. As for the kids, most people would want to brag about their accomplishments instead of their failures. Look at it this way, if they were bankrupt or dead you probably wouldn't get a Christmas letter to complain about so you could feel better about your own life.

Troy

I'm not asking for a completely negative letter detailing all the problems, just a little honesty rather than a bunch of sugar-coated BS. We have friends with three kids who almost lost everything and are living in a 5-wheel right now and were involved in a serious car crash last year too but their letter was very positive, even though they detailed all the problems they had encountered.

[8WHEELER]

Hi Curtis,

I see you got my Christmas letter.

3X

Hell Mark I sent Curtis two letters just like that, we all know how perfect my life is   

I did get one similar to that letter, but she is great and 75yrs old, and I only get to see her once a year 

Dan

[GTX]

Interesting topic.

I'm dealing with the possiblity of cancer right now and dealing with insurance and testing etc.
I haven't been able to work much lately and have not been able to do anything on my car at all.
Gee, I hope none of you wished it on me.

Life is a roller coaster, sometimes I'm flush with money and other times I'm broke, the same goes for health and luck but I've found that life has been nothing like I expected.
People don't usually talk about the bad parts of their lives, maybe it's so they can escape for a while. Maybe it's so they don't sound like whiners. Maybe they really just self superior butt munches.
Just be glad for those who appear to be doing well and know that while they may appear to be insufferable, we all have past due bills, dirty laundry, and a sink full of dishes.

[ChargerBill]

I receive 3 Christmas letters every year:

1) This year the PERFECT family sent a picture along with their letter. Their beautiful daughter (when she was 10) now has a caboose that Oprah would envy, their other perfect daughter has horrible acne and their athletic/academic genius son has a pseudo mowhawk and just dropped out of college.

2) This year the other PERFECT (but a little more modest) family just told us about their daughter finishing her PHD and their son moving back home after college. They also explained that they decided to stay home for Christmas to pay a few bills...at least they were honest.

3) The BEST letter i get every year is from my Uncle Eddie and Auntie Di in Hawaii. They tell it like it is, this is who got hurt, this dog died, our son's wife had a premie, we caught a 14 foot shark, our internet business is doing good, our shrimping business is failing, please pray for Grandma Bess and for Eddie too while he is building houses in New Orleans. They are the sweetest. most genuine people in the world and I look forward to their letter every year.

So yeah, I know the PERFECT family types, but their lives are usually the FURTHEST from perfect that's possible, and on top of it all they are SOOO miserable that they have to sugar coat it to feel better about it all. Yeah, they're millionaires, but they're also unhappy.

[bull]

3) The BEST letter i get every year is from my Uncle Eddie and Auntie Di in Hawaii. They tell it like it is, this is who got hurt, this dog died, our son's wife had a premie, we caught a 14 foot shark, our internet business is doing good, our shrimping business is failing, please pray for Grandma Bess and for Eddie too while he is building houses in New Orleans. They are the sweetest. most genuine people in the world and I look forward to their letter every year.

This is what I like to see too. No one believes the candy-coated lies but everyone has ups and downs in life. Just be honest if you consider me a friend. I find it difficult to pray or be concerned for someone who's got the perfect life, so they say.

[Dale The Bold]

Christmas Card for all... Merry Merry...
--------->   http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=0212320003

For some reason, I kept expecting a sudden close up of a horrible face accompanied by a loud scream.  Damn internet training me to wince at anything peaceful.

[4402tuff4u]

Not really but fairly often we get the "we have the perfect family" Christmas letter from people saying that in 2005 their kids are at the top of their class, they took nine vacations, they made their first million and the wife just won the Mrs. America pageant. It's so phony. I swear they are in denial about their life, or they are trying to impress everyone with their perfection, because no one has it so good. Nothing bad happened at all this year? You never even once got annoyed by someone on the freeway, your kids never spilled any milk and you had way too much money and time on your hands? Sorry, I guess I'm a little stressed this time of year, but those letters don't do anything to make it better. I'm lucky if I can get organized enough to send Christmas letters or cards at all, let alone use them to brag about how perfect my life is.

I know a friend of my wife that sounds like the "perfect life" letter you received Bull. Everything is always great in their home, the husband is making mega bucks, she's got a very good job, they have a beautiful home/mansion - large with built in pool, routinely go on vacation, etc... I think their kitchen is as big as my living room. Anyway, even though everything looks great in the surface, she has issues in the family that really make her life probably miserable. Husband is always working, hardly see's his kids, everything has to be perfect in their home. My wife and I see how stressful her life is because she's always trying to keep up that lifestyle and image. I would say wishing cancer on someone is very drastic, especially if you have been exposed and seen a loved one slowly deteriorate to death due to cancer and there is nothing you could do to save that person. I know what you mean thou, but just remember that behind close doors even those "happy- Brady Bunch" type families have issues - probably greater problems than you think..............and don't worry about getting the Christmas cards out on time. I just got mine out last night!!   It really does not matter when they get the cards. At least you are thinking about them - they'll understand.  

[andy74]

i dont wish cancer on anyone,just for their prick to fall off

[Old Moparz]

What a happy crowd we have here.

Merry Christmas to all,
Happy Holidays & all that stuff!

[my73charger]

My Dad had a boss once that told him that he kept a little black book with the names and addresses of everyone that had ever done him wrong.  He said if he ever found out he had a terminal disease he was going to do some clean up on his list.....

[Shakey]

My Dad had a boss once that told him that he kept a little black book with the names and addresses of everyone that had ever done him wrong.   He said if he ever found out he had a terminal disease he was going to do some clean up on his list.....

Ha, I also a "black list" - always updating it!   

[Charger_Fan]

Christmas Card for all... Merry Merry...
--------->   http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=0212320003

For some reason, I kept expecting a sudden close up of a horrible face accompanied by a loud scream.   Damn internet training me to wince at anything peaceful.

Same here!

Thanks Jen, that was nice. I'm gonna forward that to a few people.

[Afturhrz]

I receive 3 Christmas letters every year:

1) This year the PERFECT family sent a picture along with their letter. Their beautiful daughter (when she was 10) now has a caboose that Oprah would envy, their other perfect daughter has horrible acne and their athletic/academic genius son has a pseudo mowhawk and just dropped out of college.

2) This year the other PERFECT (but a little more modest) family just told us about their daughter finishing her PHD and their son moving back home after college. They also explained that they decided to stay home for Christmas to pay a few bills...at least they were honest.

3) The BEST letter i get every year is from my Uncle Eddie and Auntie Di in Hawaii. They tell it like it is, this is who got hurt, this dog died, our son's wife had a premie, we caught a 14 foot shark, our internet business is doing good, our shrimping business is failing, please pray for Grandma Bess and for Eddie too while he is building houses in New Orleans. They are the sweetest. most genuine people in the world and I look forward to their letter every year.

So yeah, I know the PERFECT family types, but their lives are usually the FURTHEST from perfect that's possible, and on top of it all they are SOOO miserable that they have to sugar coat it to feel better about it all. Yeah, they're millionaires, but they're also unhappy.

[Afturhrz]

My father in law was just diagnosed with cancer, I hope you really wouldnt wish it on anyone...

[andy74]

any of you guys remember the adam sandler movie"billy madison"he called a high school guy that he had made fun of,and the guy crosses his name off the people to kill list! funny as hell,in the right context!!!

my cousin died from cancer 2 weeks ago,she was 38-and my father has been going for radiaiton therapy for 3 years,i know that the statement is a joke,not serious,kind of like me saying i hope their prick falls off,its a saying,not meant to be taken litteraly

[tomonty]

I have only received one of these letters this year. It was from a friend who is a missile guidance engineer telling about the new 120 mm projectile they are working on which can break 10,000 g's before it leaves the barrel. Basically it can do that faster than a human eye can blink. Merry Christmas and kiss your a$$ goodbye!!!

Mike

[bull]

Just a disclaimer here regarding the cancer thing: if you read the first two words of my first post it says "not really," meaning I do not wish for anyone to get cancer. As I said in another thread I do not wish pestilence on anyone. I used that as an example of how we sometimes are annoyed at some arrogant people's attempts to make themselves appear perfect, and how they send braggadocios letters detailing how they have and enjoy much more than the people they are sending the letters to.

BTW, I think I just discovered the real reason I don't like all this. It's that these people who have all these things they are bragging about know damn well the people they are sending their letters to are not nearly as well off as they are. So why do they enjoy trying to make the less fortunate feel like crap? I guess it's like Paris Hilton spending $10k on clothes in a two-hour shopping spree and then modeling them in front of a homeless person.

[volk68]

You guys are amazing to me.  If the same people you are complaining about sounding pretentious had sent you a letter detailing all their problems, you would be in here complaining about how big a downer their cards are and how you get tired of their complaining. 

I agree there are some people out there that are pretentious, and their cards are annoying, however, maybe some folks just don't want to bug you with their problems?  Maybe some of them are tired of people like you judging them for their problems and write over the top cards just so they don't have to interact with you on a real level.  Maybe some of them really are living the good life and are just telling you the truth...in which case, maybe you should stop being so pathetically jealous and bitter and be grateful someone doing so well took the time to drop your sorry butt a card.  Of course, maybe, just maybe, their perspective on life is just a little bit more grateful than your own???  I realize there are a lot of negatives out there for a lot of people, but if for no other reason than the fact that it is Christmas, you might consider focusing on the things you have in your life to be thankful for?  It sure beats wishing cancer on someone.

Just a thought.   

[73dodge]

Ya know I understand what bull is saying, it's the rest of you I can't figure out. What Bull is saying and I agree with him is that some people send these letters saying how wonderful everything is and everything is perfect and the kids are perfect and the world is beautiful blah blah blah.................. They don't know how pretentious they sound and just how much they BRAG. I have a friend that sent out letters every year telling the masses how wonderfull her business was doing and how she was making TONS of money.

I don't hate them because my life sucks on the contrary my life is great, I don't envy them because they are successful or their kids are doing well that's not the point.

to me sending those kind of letters out at Christmas is like getting those chain emails that say if you forward this email to 9000 of your closest friends Bill Gates or god will send you a nickel for every reply that you get and if you don't forward it you don't love Jesus and you will die in a car accident the next time you go out. Impersonal and say absolutely nothing. It means more to me getting a card that has 2 lines written in it that says something like hope everything is going well we are doing good and hope you are too we are thinking of you guys. Than a 12 page letter telling me that Little Suzie just got accepted to the Yale university pre-school program and they just got back from their 8th cruise around the world. And those letters are just broadcasts for the masses anyway. I prefer a personnel note from the sender.

[73dodge]

Oh and 1 more things.....

TK73    MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Most sincerely I know you had a crappy year this past year I hope you have a better one next year.

[my73charger]

I have only received one of these letters this year. It was from a friend who is a missile guidance engineer telling about the new 120 mm projectile they are working on which can break 10,000 g's before it leaves the barrel. Basically it can do that faster than a human eye can blink. Merry Christmas and kiss your a$$ goodbye!!!

Mike

Stop the music!!  WE NEED MORE COW BELL!!

[tomonty]

Stop the music!!  WE NEED MORE COW BELL!!

Right On!!! 

[TK73]

Oh and 1 more things.....

TK73    MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Most sincerely I know you had a crappy year this past year I hope you have a better one next year.

Thanks Man, I'm ready to start another year...

[BigBlackDodge]

Merry Christmas from the BBD's!

We would like to wish each and every one of you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!!!

It's been a very busy year for the BBD's, all in all it's been horrible! We had all the luck this year.........all bad luck and when the Master Card bill comes in a month or so things will get worse! But I won't get into our financial straights just yet.

To begin with a our loving pet goat died earlier this year leaving the children without a bedtime snuggle buddy! Good news is that he went quickly, I don't even think he saw truck that him out in the road that day. We ate good that night though due to the fact that the meat had already been tenderized....Mmmm. The kids miss him dearly though!

Onto the kids! Lil Bubba has been failing everything in school this year. How do you get an F in lunch period? Along with his poor schooling he has had a few 'run ins' with the law! On more than one occassion the cops had to bring him home after he was out late drinking! I got a good hour long lecture one night from them, "Your boy need help Mr BBD, we can't keep bringing your son home on the weekends like this..........blah   blah blah." I just hope he gets though the 4th grade this year! That liquor will mess a youngin's mind up!

Starla, shes the middle child, has faired a little better. She's got her drug problem under control now (we think!) and we've noticed the liquor cabinet lock has not been tampered with. Thats good! She has a new boyfriend (they change weekly it seems), he's only about twenty years older than she is. We are narrowing the gap with each one! We've noticed she has put on a little weight over that last few months and has been throwing up in the morning alot!....hmm. Must be from all that good eating Mrs BBD serves up!

Speaking of serving, that brings us to our last and oldest child, Leeroy. He's due get get released from prison this year! It will be so good to have the whole family together at the holidays! Leeroy still claims he didn't shoot that gas station attendant in the testicles and steal all that money, but the video camera proved otherwise! Anyway, he'll be home soon!

And now the homestead, or whats left of it. We've missed a few payments on it of course with me being out of work due to the condition I have, exposive hemeroids which y'all already know about. I also discovered another mans underware under my bed the other day, Mrs BBD claims they are mine but I've not worn a size 30 waist in the long time. The car was repo'd last week and phone rings none stop with people wanting their money. Good news is that the phone will be shut off in the morning so we'll get no more calls!

Well, I'll close this years update now due to the fact that the library is closing. Thats were I'm at now, the cable was shut off three weeks ago at the house.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

BBD & Family